TEHRAN -- Some officials from the former administration of Hassan Rouhani moved to Europe under the pretext of “air pollution” being bad in Tehran, a lawmaker has said.
MP Alireza Salimi, the representative of Mahalat and Delijan in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, said that people at the level of deputy ministers from the former administration had moved to Vienna and Geneva for many months.
His remarks published in the Fars news agency came as lawmakers seek to ban officials from leaving the country after complete their terms in office.
“One of the problems of our country is that the second home of some officials in Iran, and therefore in their plans and actions, they put all the eggs of the country’s problems in the basket of several Western countries,” the MP said.
“Because of these mismanagements, the people see serious harms, and those in charge of these mismanagements must be held accountable,” the MP said.
“Right now, some of these people who were in charge in the previous government at the level of deputy ministers and heads of important national organizations, have gone to Geneva and Vienna for two or three months under the pretext of air pollution in Tehran and have settled there. The issues of the country are interviewed and theorized and the country is undermined (from abroad). In recent summer, some of them were going to European countries under the pretext of hot weather,” MP Salimi added.
“Why should these people [who left] be allowed to so easily play with national interests while their performance directly affects the lives of the people and they have the first-class information of the country at their disposal and their unruly departure may be dangerous, so after completing their responsibilities, there should be a reasonable and specific time to review their performance and case.”